Philip Hughes - Artists Books

Philip Hughes at Work

 

Elysian Garden
An artists book on the poem by Carmen Boullosa, translated by Psiche Hughes and published by Taller Magenta, Monterrey, Mexico. The book includes six lithographs printed at the publishers workshop in Monterrey. The book and associated prints and designs were exhibited at MARCO, Mexico and the V&A, London.

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Philip Hughes - Detail from Elysian Garden

 

Detail from Elysian Garden
Plan of Teaminilolpa palace, Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Philip Hughes - Jump of the Manta Ray

 

Jump of the Manta Ray
An artists book on the poem by Carmen Boullosa, translated by Psiche Hughes and published by Martyn Ould at the Old School Press. The book includes twenty large images on separate sheets in a portfolio. Twenty-nine further small images are interspersed through the text, and two further large images appear in the book as frontispiece and tailspiece. The text has been printed letterpress in 14pt Monotype Octavian on 175gsm Somerset Book paper. The book and images from it have been exhibited at Drill Hall Gallery, Australia; Star Gallery, Sussex and Chateau La Nerthe, France. Printed in an edition of 75 it is in mainly public collections including British Library, The City Library, New York, USA and The Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA.

For further details contact The Old School Press.

  Philip Hughes - Jump of the Manta Ray